Russia

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday the United States will never recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea as he sought to fend off charges from lawmakers and others that President Donald Trump and his administration are being soft on Russia. In a statement titled ‘Crimea Declaration,

Stephen Ryan, a lawyer for Cohen, said federal prosecutors in Manhattan had obtained a search warrant after a referral from Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible links to Trump’s presidential campaign.

While Facebook stated that as many as 80,000 posts, seen by up to 126 million Americans, were made by accounts connected to Russian operatives, Twitter revised their findings quite a bit as well. Since September they have found an additional 2,551 Russian accounts, bringing their total up to 2,752.

Monday it was revealed Paul Manafort and his business partner Richard Gates were charged with 12 crimes including “Conspiracy Against the United States”. The charges stem from money laundering and tax evasion efforts by the two and their joint company(s).

Washington is bracing for the first criminal charges linked to Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, even as President Donald Trump continued to claim Sunday the investigations are a “Witch Hunt for evil politics.” A federal grand jury on Friday approved charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to several…

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The Senate Intelligence Committee has asked top tech companies Google, Facebook and Twitter to testify about Russian interference in US politics, a Senate aide confirmed Wednesday. The three internet and online social media giants are expected to appear on November 1 in an open hearing on the rising evidence that they were covertly manipulated in a…